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Trevor Johnson
14,427 PointsJavaScript Regex Challenge
Hey there, I am doing a regex challenge on this site: https://beta.freecodecamp.com/en/challenges/regular-expressions/restrict-possible-usernames.
I have taken my regex and put it into this site and all the parameters pass: https://regex101.com/r/fqeFDT/1.
If I have made an error can someone please point it out? I am failing the 1st and 4th check on freeCodeCamp.
And here is my code:
let username = "JackOfAllTrades";
let userCheck = /^[a-z]{2}([a-z]+)?(\d+)?$/gi; // Change this line
let result = userCheck.test(username);
Trevor Johnson
14,427 PointsI'll restart, but do you have any idea why it seems to work fine on regex101.com? It passes all the parameters there.
1 Answer
Konrad Traczyk
22,287 PointsYour solution probably doesnt work probably because due challange interpreter limitation because it works in browser console and regex101.com. You could remove /g and you will pass it.
Konrad Traczyk
22,287 PointsKonrad Traczyk
22,287 PointsYour regex is complicated, i did this challange in 5 min. I believe the best advice here is just start over, try diffrent way, remember to keep this simple. Use regex101.com reference as guide.